The Telegraph General Knowledge - Crossword Answers | 2013 10 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Nicolas --, French chef and confectioner, the inventor of airtight food preservation APPERT
Medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate, used as a purgative EPSOMSALTS
Greenhouse and house plant grown for its decorative evergreen foliage ARALIA
District of South Wales, formerly noted as a coal-mining area RHONDDA
COUNTY TOWN OF SUFFOLK IPSWICH
INDUSTRIAL CITY IN NW FRANCE CAEN
Constellation said to represent the sea monster that threatened Andromeda CETUS
CITY IN SARDINIA SASSARI
-- monster, a venomous beaded lizard GILA
Lemuel --, a Jonathan Swift character GULLIVER
Inspector George --, fictional character created by Alan Hunter GENTLY
Group of Romance languages or dialects spoken in certain valleys of the Alps RHAETIAN
In Greek mythology, a king of Sparta and the brother of Agamemnon MENELAUS
Brazilian city on the Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte railway JUIZDEFORA
An officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter BLACKROD
Ancient Greek city on the lower southern slopes of Mount Parnassus DELPHI
An acknowledgement that a scoring hit has been made in a fencing competition TOUCHE
A James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks DEVILMAYCARE
Plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped ORCHID
Place where bees are kept so that their honey can be collected APIARY
NOVEL BY JOSEPH CONRAD LORDJIM
Novel by Elliot Paul; film starring Hugh Grant as Chopin IMPROMPTU
Sir --, English poet, courtier, and soldier (1554-1586) PHILIPSIDNEY
Snake whose bite was believed to cause intense thirst DIPSAS
Story by Henry James DAISYMILLER
The back or nape of the neck NUCHA
Town in Staffordshire, the birthplace of Samuel Johnson LICHFIELD